Plowhitch



w. s. coTHRAN PLOWHITCH Filed Nov. 6, 1922 WALTER SULLIVAN CDTI-IRAN, OF RQME,

earner reine.

GEORGA, SSIGNOR '1'0 TOWERS t SULLI- VAN IIIANUFACTURNG CO., 0F RGME, GEORGEA, .A CGRPORATION OF GEORGIA.

Application filed November To all 207mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, lVixL'rnn (lorrinaiv, 'a citizen of the llnited States, residing at Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plowhitches.y of which the following is a specification.

rllhe lpresent invention relates to improvements in plow hitclies and is useful particularly'in coupling plows to tractors.

An object of the invention is to provide a hitch or coupling which will permit the forward end of the plow to yield up and downin travt-irsing` hills and depressions as much expense and annoyance has been incurred due tothe breakage of prior rigid couplings incident to travel under such conditions.

The improved coupling` has been designed to cooperate with the plow guide rod, is simple and inexpensive in construction and readily attachable to the draw bar or pull plate of the tractor.

`With the foregoing and other objects in r view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

ln the drawings, wherein like symbols re fer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a. diagrammatic plan view of a tractor, and plow coupled together with. the improved hitch.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the condition of the members when turning.

Figure 3 is a side view of coupled tractor and plow passing through a depression.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the hitch.

Figure 5 is an edge view thereof, and

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 in Figure 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the tractor and 2 the plow, the former having a draw. bar or pull plate represented at 3 and the plow having a guide rod 4. rllhe plow beam is shown at 5 and the disc or other plows at 6.

ln accordance with the invention the tractor pull plate 3 which carries three bolts generally, although this number is by no means essential to the invention. receives therebeneath the improved hitch. The hitch 6, 1922. Serial No. 599,283.

comprises a plate 7 `having an extension piece S projecting laterally and preferably slightl. rearwardlyr in which is made a perforation 9 to receive the down-turned end of the guide Y the plate and the yoke are cut away to provide a space 16 for the swivel eye, the eye lying substantially in line with the plate i and swinging in practically a verticalplane. or in other words the pivots of the eye are horizontal or substantially so.

The three bolts above referred to as carried by the tractor pull plate 3 are indicated at 17 and they pass through not only said pull plate but also the yoke members 10 and 11 and the hitch plate 7 and serve to hold such parts together. In this they are aided by the rivets or other fastenings 18 inserted through the hitch plate and yoke parts at opposite sides of the opening' 16 and near the divided end portions of the bight 12. The rivets thus avoid casual opening` of the bights which would result in loosening of the bearings for the trunnions and the consequent rattling of parts besides possible faulty functioning, and the presence of the `rivets at the points where placed stiii'ens the bifure cated portions of the hitch plate and yoke and prevents the tearing out or distortion of the members.

In the use of the device the front end of plow beam 5 is inserted through the swivel eye 15 in the same way that it is engaged at the present time with the pull plate; and the guide rod 4 is inserted into the perforation 9 in the extension plate 8.

lt is of course understood that the iinproved hitch is coupled to the pull plate 3 by the use of the bolts 17. rlhe plow and tractor are thus coupled together and the hit-ch will draw the plow after the tractor in a free and more or less loose manner leaving the plow to accommodate itself to changes in the surface over which it is moved. The chief advantage to be derived from the use of this hitch is illustrated in Figure 3, wherein the the trunnions and should breaks coupled ends or the tractor and plow to be passingf through al ditch or sur pression in the soil while the trent end the tractor is at a substantial el ration as is likewise the rear end ot the plow, ience with the old torni of rigid hitch.5 by which l niean the hitch, that does not permit of this vertical yielding' between the two members, shows that quite 'frequently breale age occurs under conditions ot use as represented in Figure 3 because the rear end ot the tractor forces the tor fard end of the plow down and the character ot the lround prevents the rear end ot the plow keeping; in thesarne horizontal plane with the front end.

The eye l5 swivels freely and readily upon ge occur7 the eye may be replaced at small cost by withdrawing the bolts land rivets i8 which is a prerequisite to the disassembly ot the hitch. he hitch is made of suitable materialA prei erably iron or steel and by vvirtue of the arrangement ot the yoke and plate the construction is strong'. It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design et the above speci lically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereot such changes and modifications being stricted only by the scope of the following; claims.

claim z# il. A hitch for plows comprising` a plate, a yoke folded upon said plate, the interme diate rear part of the plate and being cut away7 the yoke heine' rolled to p; bearing's, and an eye having lateral trun nions fitted in said bearings? said eye adapt ed to receive a substantially vertical portion ot the plow to be drawn and said eye in" ed to rock upon the trunnions in the bear. in a substantially vertical plane.

2. It hitch Yfor tractors comprising a supporting structure mounted upon the rear et the 'tractor and having; an intermediate rear cutaway portion wth bearings at opposite sides of' the cut away portion.7 and an eye occupying' the cut away portion. and haring lateral trunnions tting in said bearings said eye adapted to receive al substantially vertical portion of implement to be drawn and adapted to swing upon the trunnions in the bearings in a substantially vertical plane to permit ot, tie implement and t actor lai-inging relatively to one another in conformity with the. surface character ot the ground.

3. A hitch for plows or the like comprising` a plate having` a perforated extension piece7 a yoke folded upon and secured to the plate, and an eye hai/"ing trunnions swiveled in the yoke7 substantially as described.

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WTALTER SULLIVAN COTHRAN. 

